A toddler has been airlifted to hospital with multiple injuries after being crushed under a wall.

The Great North Air Ambulance was called to Frank’s Flooring store in Darlington at 3.30pm today.

Police cordoned off the surrounding area to Russell Street while the air ambulance arrived and paramedics and doctor team attended to the three-year-old boy.

“Great North Air Ambulance Service were called to assist North East Ambulance Service with a three-year-old patient who had been crushed under a wall,” said a spokesman for GNAAS.

“The child was treated on scene by the paramedic and doctor team before being flown to James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough for further treatment.”

Russell Street in Darlington, near Frank's Factory Flooring where the air ambulance attended to a 3-year-old boy (Image: Google)

The spokesman added that the boy had suffered multiple injuries including to his pelvis, chest and abdomen. But a spokesman for Durham Police said he had a “minor head injury”.

A Durham Police spokesman said the child had been taken by air ambulance “purely as a precautionary measure” due to his age.

“He has a minor head injury at this time but as he is such a little lad it was thought it would be appropriate to belt and brace him,” he said.

“It is not life-threatening.”

A spokesperson for the Frank’s store in Darlington said: “Our thoughts are with the child and their family and our staff our shocked and concerned by this accident.

"We would also like to thank the emergency services for their speedy response. Our absolute main concern is with the wellbeing of the child and, when the time is right, we will make the HSE fully-aware of the details of the accident.”